Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 begin to flicker from the caves below
2 the thing might even begin to connect in the individuals mind er as to what 's involved with the bearing .
3 The terminal or turning point are the areas where you should begin to search for the hotspots .
4 Special promotions , catalogue advertising and in-store events are planned , as more Tencel garments like jeans , blouses and jackets begin to appear in the shops .
5 It 's only after I 've mastered the basic moves that I can begin to concentrate on the emotions . ’
6 The age of the organisation : many businesses and other organisations begin to grow through the efforts of a few individuals ( eg. owner-directors , or the founder of a political pressure group ) and tend to be highly centralised ( power culture ) .
7 The report of Domingue and Ingram ( 1978 ) , for the USA , indicates the emergence of the profession both in terms of status and in concerns for interpreter efficiency , and it is on this basis that we begin to look at the processes involved , comparing signed with spoken interpretation .
8 A closer examination of the component parts of the code is given in chapter 4 , when we begin to look at the implications of the code in respect of standards of nursing care provided by the qualified nurse or health visitor .
9 I know about the Islington survey , and I also share his concern about under-reporting in some areas of the country of some types of crime in particular , but let me continue with the facts before we begin to look at the solutions .
10 Second , the opt-out will soon begin to fray at the edges .
11 Scraps of paper , previously sodden , begin to stir in the gutters .
12 Before any fluttering expectations begin to arise in the minds or breasts — I do not mind which it is — of Opposition Members , I should say that I can not advise the House to write the two clauses into the Bill , because they deal , for example , with administrative matters such as a once-off requirement for a report to be made to Parliament — new clause 2 — and the keeping of a custody record — new clause 10 — that should not be set down in primary legislation .
13 The shamans explain that , at that point , they begin to speak to the dolphins mind to mind .
14 By the first half of the third century some expositors ( Cyprian , Origen ) begin to speak of the books as a single book , because given by the one author , God .
15 A small number of late-nineteenth-century thinkers did begin to warn against the dangers of pollution and environmental exhaustion , but they were as yet in a minority .
16 Very slowly , she began to go down the stairs , step by step , wincing every time one creaked and glancing over her shoulder every ten seconds or so .
17 She began to drive to the outskirts of Grantley .
18 — It was hard going at first , but after a while her hands began to flow over the keys in an easier , more assured style , and Laura found that she was able to relax , the soft chords and harmony having a soothing effect on her lacerated emotions .
19 Pushing himself with indolent grace away from the door , Rourke came into the room and began to rummage about the shelves beneath the counter .
20 The heat was beginning to go off the streets and the shadows were creeping out from the walls .
21 Now here on the left London is beginning to appear beyond the rooftops , lying wide and blue and docile at my feet .
22 The bookshop was still open , and now , in addition to the paperbacks , the little magazines , and the Village Voice , the new wave of American papers was beginning to appear on the shelves .
23 Dawn was beginning to appear through the trees .
24 Inevitably , our friendship overlapped the boundaries of work and we began to meet in the evenings .
25 Then the princess 's soldiers began to batter at the doors of the wooden fortress with their axes .
26 But then a peculiar light began to creep down the steps , mostly blocked by Adam , but searching , sharp , pricking Ruth like needles .
27 Besides , it took time to get the formula right ; one dose began to work on the notes alter only 24 hours .
28 Times have changed since Naipaul began to write about the societies of the Caribbean : these are now less apt to seem , to the outsider , petty and remote .
29 There was a red car waiting outside the farmhouse when she reached it ; the car 's wheels had cut deep tracks through the long grass , tracks that were only just beginning to fade as the plains wind breathed across them .
30 But just as the security net began to tighten in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday a group of Japanese tourists made an unscheduled appearance .
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